description: <p style="text-align: justify;">LOCALITY: Musonoi Mine, near Kolwezi, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
<br /><br />6" across
<br /><br />Ex Marc P Weill collection
<br /><br />It is an outstanding rarity and one of the top examples of this ultra rare uranium bearing silicate species in private hands. It is such a rare mineral in the form of display specimens that it is not represented in most collections since it is almost impossible to buy in a quality level suitable for most display mineral collections.
<br /><br />Musonoi is a mine within 40 km of the mining center of Kolwezi in Katanga province. Since it is a working uranium mine, mineral collecting on this is prohibited. Musonoi is also famous for being the world's premier locality for torbernite.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">This piece was bought from Dylan Stolowitz at the Denver Show in 2009. </p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Photo by Matthew Webb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia </p>